Tom Wingfield is a fatherless man who suffers from the oppression of his mother Amanda. She is the sole cause of his need for acceptance by tormenting his personality. Tom pleads that he has no possessions of his own and reveals, “Yesterday you confiscated my books! You had the nerve to—” (1390; 15). During dialogue between Tom and Amanda, he mentions how she has little care for him such as, “It seems unimportant to you, what I’m doing—what I want to do—having little difference between them!” (1391; 30). One reason Amanda doesn’t accept him is because he reminds her of her husband. She admits, “It’s terrifying! More and more you remind me of your father! He was out all hours without explanation!—Then left! Goodbye! And me with the bag
